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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>>…I can't say what this reveals about Italy, …<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ben you mentioned Italy. I never did get there. Read on please.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Editorials in the press are suggesting this national day of prayer is a good thing. The article is accompanied by people in a prayer ring, participating in exactly the kind of behavior which would spread disease. I would prefer the counterpart to that, an evolution ring, which is one where the participants form a circle of much larger radius and wave at each other from a respectful distance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Italy: the predominant religion there has a practice where a religious leader feeds bread to the (not even starving) masses in the ironically-named “mass.” This of course provides the most perfect vector imaginable for disease. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Idea: promote the photon. The photon is massless, but photons transmit information. So… we harness the power of the photon to promote the massless mass. The ceremony is transmitted over Skype or FaceTime, as our current local school system is transmitting its classwork. The schools are showing us the way to transition to the massless mass and reduce mass transit to less transit. Reduce disease: move bits, not butts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>